Eels in the media

[Poupou Escobar]

I bet we're not even talking to any of them.

 

[hineyrulz]

Still no confirmation on Taka or Mennings either.

Maybe waiting for someone better??

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Or worse, but cheaper

 

[Twizzle]

leaving Sivo and Drown a bit f**king late aren't we ?

we had better be close

 

[Gronk]

leaving Sivo and Drown a bit f**king late aren't we ?

we had better be close

Especially if they carve up in the 9s next weekend.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

What a shambles. What does Marky Mark do all day?!

 

[hineyrulz]

What a shambles. What does Marky Mark do all day?!

Clean up after the Bern???? He might have time to talk to people soon.

 

[84 Baby]

What a shambles. What does Marky Mark do all day?!

He brings forth the rhythm and the rhyme

 

[Poupou Escobar]

leaving Sivo and Drown a bit f**king late aren't we ?

we had better be close

You could say that about every club with players off contract.

Here's a non-exhaustive list of off-contract players:

Brisbane
Bird (player option)
Boyd (player option)
Fifita
Flegler
McCullough (player option)
Milford (player option)
Oates (uncontracted for 2020)
Segeyaro (uncontracted for 2020)
Shibasaki
Staggs
Turpin (player option)

Canberra
Cotric
Croker
Havili (player option)
Leilua
Sezer
Soliola

Canterbury
Elliot
Foran
Hopoate
Jackson
Lewis
Smith
Tolman
Watene-Zelezniak

Cronulla
Capewell (uncontracted for 2020)
Morris
Prior
Townsend

Gold Coast
Arrow
Brimson
Copley
James
Latu
Peats
Proctor
Roberts
Sami

Manly
Suli
Taupau
Thompson
Jrbojevic
Trbojevic
Walker (uncontracted for 2020)

Melbourne
Jromwich (player option)
Kromwich
Kata
Kamikamica
Kaufusi (player option)
Olam
Papenhuyzen
Smith
Vunivalu
Welch

New Zealand
Blair (player option)
Green
Harris-Tavita
Hiku
Luke (uncontracted for 2020)
Papalii

Newcastle
Barnett
Ese'ese
Guerra
Moga
Ramien
Daifiti
Jaifiti
Watson

North Queensland
Asiata
Bolton (uncontracted for 2020)
Clifford
Cooper
Feldt
Martin (uncontracted for 2020)
McLean (player option)
Scott (uncontracted for 2020)

Parramatta
Drown
Nrown (player option)
Evans
Mennings (uncontracted for 2020)
Lane
Mahoney
Niukore
Sivo
Takairangi (uncontracted for 2020)

Penrith
Edwards
Tamou
To'o

Souths
Johnston
Knight
Walker

St George
Aitken
de Belin
Frizell
Graham
Lafai
Leilua
Lomax

Roosters
Aubusson
Butcher
Cronk (uncontracted for 2020)
Friend
Manu
Mitchell
Morris
Taukeiaho
Tetevano (uncontracted for 2020)
Waerea-Hargreaves

Wests
Eisenhuth
Jennings
Lawrence (uncontracted for 2020)
Marshall
Marsters
Matulino
McQueen
Taylor
Twal

 

[Gronk]

Unemployment to Super League grand final: former Warrior Krisnan Inu's stunning year
08:29, Oct 11 2019

WAYNE DROUGHT/NZPA
Former Warrior Krisnan Inu is set for a remarkable first Super League grand final appearance.
Former Warrior and Kiwi Krisnan Inu will cap a stunning turnaround in his rugby league career when he appears in this weekend's Super League grand final.

The 32-year-old winger is playing for Salford, who are aiming to win their first title in 43 years when they take on St Helens at Old Trafford on Sunday morning (NZ time).

And Inu is part of a trio of players (forwards Gil Dudson and Greg Burke the others) - 'misfits', as described by The Guardian - who will complete a remarkable 360-degree transition after being involved in last year's Widnes squad which was relegated to the Championship division.

Salford finished second-to-bottom in the Super League last year, but made it through The Qualifiers, to retain their place in the top flight.

While Burke had secured a contract with the Red Devils for 2019, Dudson and Inu had had their contracts automatically terminated at Widnes upon relegation.

Auckland-born Inu, who began his career in the NRL with the Parramatta Eels in 2007, played 21 games for the Warriors between 2011 and 2012, before joining the Canterbury Bulldogs for three seasons, and played in a grand final with each of them.

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Scoring a try for the Bulldogs, Krisnan Inu is now looking to cap a stunning 12-month turnaround.
He also played six tests for the Kiwis and one for Samoa before heading to the Super League's Catalans Dragons, then to Widnes for the 2018 season.

He had renegotiated a deal with the Vikings but was then released when the club entered administration, and when this year's season kicked off Inu was unemployed, before eventually being picked up by Salford in March.

"It was a very hard time," he told The Guardian. "You begin to wonder if anything is going to come up. It was on my mind every day and, like Gil says, when you sign here you wonder if it's your last chance. A grand final is the last thing on your mind.

"Ian Watson [the Salford coach] has seen something in us all nobody else did. When you're sat at home wondering if the call will come … to be a part of this now just a few months later is incredible really."

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...nal-former-warrior-krisnan-inus-stunning-year

 

[Twizzle]

geez I remember a game at Parra stadium when Inu and The Special One tore the Broncos a new one about 10 years ago, sitting in the nose bleed section of the old Stadium

he's been around since forever

 

[Gazzamatta]

Sadly my most prominent memory of Inu was the day he decided to trap a bomb with his foot instead of catching it. Like Mateo, he was brilliant but had so many rocks in his game as well. I often wonder what Jack Gibson could have turned that pair into.

 

[84 Baby]

You could say that about every club with players off contract.

Here's a non-exhaustive list of off-contract players:

Brisbane
Bird (player option)
Boyd (player option)
Fifita
Flegler
McCullough (player option)
Milford (player option)
Oates (uncontracted for 2020)
Segeyaro (uncontracted for 2020)
Shibasaki
Staggs
Turpin (player option)

Canberra
Cotric
Croker
Havili (player option)
Leilua
Sezer
Soliola

Canterbury
Elliot
Foran
Hopoate
Jackson
Lewis
Smith
Tolman
Watene-Zelezniak

Cronulla
Capewell (uncontracted for 2020)
Morris
Prior
Townsend

Gold Coast
Arrow
Brimson
Copley
James
Latu
Peats
Proctor
Roberts
Sami

Manly
Suli
Taupau
Thompson
Jrbojevic
Trbojevic
Walker (uncontracted for 2020)

Melbourne
Jromwich (player option)
Kromwich
Kata
Kamikamica
Kaufusi (player option)
Olam
Papenhuyzen
Smith
Vunivalu
Welch

New Zealand
Blair (player option)
Green
Harris-Tavita
Hiku
Luke (uncontracted for 2020)
Papalii

Newcastle
Barnett
Ese'ese
Guerra
Moga
Ramien
Daifiti
Jaifiti
Watson

North Queensland
Asiata
Bolton (uncontracted for 2020)
Clifford
Cooper
Feldt
Martin (uncontracted for 2020)
McLean (player option)
Scott (uncontracted for 2020)

Parramatta
Drown
Nrown (player option)
Evans
Mennings (uncontracted for 2020)
Lane
Mahoney
Niukore
Sivo
Takairangi (uncontracted for 2020)

Penrith
Edwards
Tamou
To'o

Souths
Johnston
Knight
Walker

St George
Aitken
de Belin
Frizell
Graham
Lafai
Leilua
Lomax

Roosters
Aubusson
Butcher
Cronk (uncontracted for 2020)
Friend
Manu
Mitchell
Morris
Taukeiaho
Tetevano (uncontracted for 2020)
Waerea-Hargreaves

Wests
Eisenhuth
Jennings
Lawrence (uncontracted for 2020)
Marshall
Marsters
Matulino
McQueen
Taylor
Twal

So other than signing players for 2021 and trying to convince them to walk early, off contract players that fill our 2nd roe/backup hooker needs are Oates, Capewell, Luke & Lawrence.
All 4 are probably expendable to their current clubs caps

 

[Happy MEel]

So other than signing players for 2021 and trying to convince them to walk early, off contract players that fill our 2nd roe/backup hooker needs are Oates, Capewell, Luke & Lawrence.
All 4 are probably expendable to their current clubs caps

I’d take Luke now and hold off on the edge forward to try and get a quality replacement to get out of their contract early. Matto has been given permission to negotiate so you could add him.

 

[yy_cheng]

How about Tony Williams?

 

[Gronk]

I’d take Luke now and hold off on the edge forward to try and get a quality replacement to get out of their contract early. Matto has been given permission to negotiate so you could add him.

Isaac Luke for a year only.

 

[Happy MEel]

Isaac Luke for a year only.

Yep. Offer him a year (even at a higher salary than if it was over multiple years) and tell him to earn another year with his performances.

 

[Happy MEel]

How about Tony Williams?

No thanks.

 

[Gronk]

How about Tony Williams?

He’s used up his 9 lives.

 

[Joshuatheeel]